Are the surnames – Dwivedi, Trivedi & Chaturvedi – related?

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No. Dwivedi, Trivedi & Chaturvedi are surnames with similar meanings but they aren't related or interchangeable.

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• Samvedi = a person who has the knowledge of one Veda. Sam meaning one or singular.
• Dwivedi = a person who has the knowledge of two Vedas. Dwi meaning "two" and vedi referring to the Hindu scripture Vedas.
• Trivedi = a person who has the knowledge of three Vedas. Tri meaning three.
• Chaturvedi = a personal who has the knowledge of all four Vedas. Chatur meaning four.

According to Hinduism, a Brahmin must read all the four Vedas. So while the etymology seems correct for Chaturvedi, it does not seem to be true for Dwivedi and Trivedi.

• Dwivedi: DAIV + VEDI; Daiv: Spiritual, related to the GOD; Vedi: One who knows about. Thus DWIVEDI means a person who knows about GOD.
• Similarly: Trivedi never means one who has learnt three Vedas. According to Hinduism, a Brahmin must read all the four Vedas. Tri: All the three; Vedi: Who knows; Thus Trivedi means one who knows about all the three (Past, Present & Future). In that time a "Jyotishi" (astrologer) was called Trivedi.

• Dwivedi / Dubay / Dubey / Dube / Dobé - They have the same meaning and some families may choose to change between these surnames.
• Chaturvedi / Chaube / Chaubey / Choube / Choubey - They have the same meaning and some families may choose to change between these surnames.